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The adjoining suburb of Kew which is reached on leaving the Asylum by passing 

 along Princess Street has been rendered a favourite place of residence owing to the 

 elevation of its position, and the beauty and extent of the prospect commanded from 

 some portions of it. The view from the Bulleen Road before it dips into the hollow 

 approaching the Boroondara Cemetery, where the valley of the Yarra spreads out 

 between a succession of undulating hills, with a fine mountain chain in the distance- 

 will remind the visitor from England of the far-famed prospect from Richmond Hill in 

 Surrey. On account of the salubrity of the neighbourhood several educational establish- 

 ments have been instituted at Kew. One of these, the College of St. Francis Xavier, 

 belonging to the Society of Jesus, occupies a site of seventy acres bounded on one side 

 by Denmark Street a continuation of Princess Street. The situation of the building is 

 an exceptionally pleasant and healthy one. Architecturally unpretending as regards its 

 exterior, the College has been so planned internally as to render it in every way worthy 

 of its educational purpose. It is calculated for the accommodation of a hundred pupils, 

 most of whom are drawn from the higher classes in the Roman Catholic Church. 



Turning up Barker's Road, which forms the boundary line between Kew and Haw- 

 thorn, the visitor sees the turreted tower and spire of the Ladies' College, recently 

 founded by the Methodist Church of Victoria. It is built in the early decorated style 

 of Gothic architecture, with gabled wings, to which the bay windows and flanking towers 

 impart an agreeable variety of line ; and it is picturesquely situated. 



Not many years ago Hawthorn was a village containing a population of a few 

 hundreds, scattered over a large area which comprised two parks and many spacious 

 paddocks ; to-day it numbers ten thousand inhabitants and includes within its municipal 

 limits seven churches and three State schools. Its western boundary is defined by the 

 River Yarra, the left banks of which are high and precipitous, crowned with fine resi- 

 dences, and in places graved into terraced gardens, and are elsewhere clothed with trees ; 

 while the serpentine course of the stream, and the beautiful forms of the willows which 

 dip their pendent foliage in its waters, contribute to render this part of the River 

 exceedingly picturesque. A certain historical interest attaches to the trees themselves, for 

 most of those that were planted in the early days sprang from slips procured at St. 

 Helena, at which island nearly all outward-bound vessels touched, and every visitor to the 

 tomb of Napoleon brought away as a relic a cutting from the willows which overshadowed it. 



Crossing the River, and following it down through a large reserve bearing the name 

 of the Richmond Park, but still better known by its earlier designation ot the Survey 

 Paddock, a pleasant walk of a quarter of an hour will conduct the visitor to the Horti- 

 cultural Gardens, in which there is one of the largest and most varied collections of 

 apple, pear and fruit trees in this part of the world. Almost surrounded by the Yarra, 

 the situation of these Gardens is so sequestered as to render them a favourite place of 

 resort for persons wishing to get into the quietude of a really rural retreat within a 

 ten minutes' ride of Melbourne by railway ; and the other portions of the Park, which 

 are similarly accessible from Picnic Station, present the aspect of a large country fair 

 on public holidays. Temperance societies, schools and benevolent organizations make it 

 a place of rendezvous on such occasions : " In crowds they flock to hear the minstrels 

 play, and games and carols close the busy day." 



